#EED599#EED599

#EED599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.082 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED599
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(42, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, 0.25, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 32.87, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% 0.0029 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.082 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8052, 68.0678, 39.8555)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED599 #99B2EE

analogous

#EEAB99 #EED599 #DDEE99

triadic

#EED599 #99EED5 #D599EE

tetradic

#EED599 #99EEAB #99B2EE #EE99DD

square

#EED599 #99EEAB #99B2EE #EE99DD

split-complementary

#EED599 #99DDEE #AB99EE

monochromatic

#DDAA30 #E5BF65 #EED599 #F7EBCD #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#EED599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED599

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED599	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.082 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1b7',
    500: '#eed599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed599;
$custom-light: #f4e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87983,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED599

secondary

#6180CA

accent

#4BD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED599

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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